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In the long river of history, the name Li Zicheng may not be well known, but when it comes to his nickname - "King of Trespassing", it is almost a household name. The Dashun regime may be just a hurried passer-by in the chapter of history, but behind its rise and fall, it carries the fate of a people at the bottom, the rise and fall of a hero.
Li Zicheng, an obscure sheep herder in his youth, lived at the end of the Ming Dynasty, an era of bureaucratic corruption and poor livelihood. Deeply oppressed by bureaucratic rule, he had no choice but to kill two wealthy gentry and was forced to leave his hometown. Finally, in the second year of Chongzhen, he embarked on a journey to join the army. However, even this life was full of ups and downs, and the kingdom of generals he initially followed was not a benevolent man, but an unscrupulous man who withheld the salary of soldiers. On the way, a mutiny broke out, killing all the kingdom and the local county order, and Li Zicheng had no choice but to continue to advance.
Li Zicheng's military career was full of twists and turns, and he followed different commanders successively, but fate seemed to have never favored him. The Chongzhen Emperor executed the general Yuan Chonghuan, and the war became more and more tense, and the plight of the Daming Dynasty was not only a defeat, but also years of corrupt bureaucratic rule that had damaged the foundation of the country. In such an environment, Li Zicheng gradually realized the importance of popular support, but he focused too much on public opinion and ignored other factors. After the Chongzhen Emperor executed Yuan Chonghuan, Li Zicheng's commander Wang Zuohang was recruited by the imperial court, and Li Zicheng fell into isolation.
After a series of twists and turns, Li Zicheng finally came to his uncle Gao Yingxiang, who was honored as "King of Chuang", and Li Zicheng also inherited this title and became known as "King Li Zicheng". He embarked on a long conquest and established the Dashun regime.
The rise of the Dashun regime was not smooth sailing, but only emerged in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, when the Qing army invaded for the fourth time. Taking advantage of the fact that the main forces of the Ming army were busy suppressing the rebellion, Li Zicheng accumulated strength, took in the hungry people, and proposed the policy of "exempting all fields from endowments", which attracted the support of a large number of people and increased the size of the army from several thousand to more than 10,000. Li Zicheng understood that the one who won the hearts of the people won the world, and the reason why he was able to make decisions such as taking in the hungry and opening warehouses for disaster relief was because he knew that the decay of the Daming Dynasty had damaged the foundation of the country. Li Zicheng's low-level background also made him more able to understand the suffering of ordinary people, which may be one of the reasons why he had to join the army and start an uprising.
However, Li Zicheng was not in vain, he had some tactical attainments, but he still had to face strong opponents from the Ming army and other forces. Wu Sangui, as a key general in the Ming Dynasty guarding Shanhaiguan, had elite troops and occupied an important geographical position. Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui may have contacted earlier, but for a variety of reasons, including personal grudges and the detention of his family, Wu Sangui chose to return to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This decision eventually led to Li Zicheng's demise.
Wu Sangui's surrender greatly increased the strength of the Manchu and Qing coalition forces, which eventually defeated Li Zicheng and ended the Dashun regime. Li Zicheng fell under the blade of the militia in Tongcheng, Hubei Province. The rise and fall of the Dashun regime may be short, but it carries the fate of a people at the bottom, the rise and fall of a hero.
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